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The quiet impact of Obama’s Christian faith
Washington Post ^ | 12/22/15 | Greg Jaffe

Posted on 12/22/2015 12:47:31 PM PST by ghost of stonewall jackson

Obama did not grow up in a religious household and became a practicing Christian as an adult. He has written more extensively about his spiritual awakening than almost any other modern president, addressing it in two books before he was elected to the White House and in more than a dozen speeches since.

His faith had been central to his identity as a new kind of Democrat who would bring civility to the country's political debates by appealing to Republicans through the shared language of their Judeo-Christian values.

With just one year left in his second term, Obama now holds a different distinction: No modern president has had his faith more routinely questioned and disparaged. Recent polls show that 29 percent of Americans and nearly 45 percent of Republicans say he is a Muslim.

He has repeatedly said in recent months that one of his biggest regrets is that he will leave behind a country that has grown more polarized and distrustful during his two terms in the White House. "There's all this goodness and decency and common sense on the ground, and somehow it gets translated into rigid, dogmatic, often mean-spirited politics," Obama said in a recent interview.

To understand why he so deeply believed that he could close that gap and why he largely has been unable to do so, it is essential to understand his faith and how it shapes his politics. That faith also explains why he has not given up.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: delusional; lies; liesandmorelies; lyingliar; obama; spiritofantichrist
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson
And this piece of journalistic garbage, is why it is commonly referred to as the Washington Compost.
101 posted on 12/22/2015 1:46:37 PM PST by OldSmaj (Nearly 8 years of obamafail. How much more must we endure? It is not too late for impeachment!)
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To: The Final Harvest

It will take more than a spirtiual cleansing...an exorcism will be in order. And I’m not joking.


102 posted on 12/22/2015 1:47:29 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Sorry...I am not drinking the kool aid Washington Compost.

He showed his “Christian” colors when he spent 20 years at Wright’s hate filled, anti-Christian, Black Liberation Theology Church.

He shows his “Christian” leanings every day he sides with Islam over Christians being persecuted and killed in Syria.

Obama is a quisling...at the very best. He acts more like a Islamic Fundamentalist sympathizer than anything else.

Ass that...

“the most beautiful sound on earth is the Islamic call to prayer,”

“if the tides of public opinion turn against Muslims, I will stand with Muslims.”

“Christians clinging to the Bible and Guns,” being part of the ill in the world.

Those are his thoughts...and his actions line right up with them.


103 posted on 12/22/2015 1:54:11 PM PST by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Biggest pile of crap I ever read.


104 posted on 12/22/2015 1:54:24 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: Huntress
Give me a break. Obama doesn’t believe in any higher power than himself.

Indeed. There are atheists and narcissists. Some of the former keep their heads down. Not sure about the latter.


105 posted on 12/22/2015 1:54:36 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Bobalu

This from the crowd who believe evangelicals are violent extremists.


106 posted on 12/22/2015 1:55:10 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (Stop Islam and save the world.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

HA! He’s schlonging America since day 1. lol


107 posted on 12/22/2015 1:58:27 PM PST by Ms Mable (w)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

As I was saying to sauropod, what makes it even more irritating is that fact that you know he is experiencing a degree of glee at that fact that it irritates people, seeing this complete and utter...yes...act of journalistic fellatio.

I feel bad propagating the “Lewinsky” meme, I really don’t know anything about her and have always suspected she willingly fell into a trap set for her by a powerful, charismatic (to her) older man who just needed one thing.

She will live with that, and while it was her willing choice, I can’t help thinking she feels genuine regret, so...I do feel sympathy for her. I know what it is like to live with regret and lessons learned.


108 posted on 12/22/2015 2:02:15 PM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: mkjessup

bfl


109 posted on 12/22/2015 2:04:39 PM PST by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

What a load of BS.


110 posted on 12/22/2015 2:04:57 PM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Of course, you have to understand that in contemporary cultural terms, being a Christian simply means thinking that Jesus was a swell guy. Anything beyond that and you’re just a fanatic.


111 posted on 12/22/2015 2:05:05 PM PST by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Publius

Re Obama’s world view, agree with you one hundred percent.


112 posted on 12/22/2015 2:06:06 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

Trust me...you don’t want to know.


113 posted on 12/22/2015 2:14:13 PM PST by donozark (Herbicides improve visibility.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

ROTFLMAOPIMP...’by their fruits’...


114 posted on 12/22/2015 2:17:21 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: OldSmaj

Its yet another slobbering wet kiss by the Compost to Bath House.


115 posted on 12/22/2015 2:27:31 PM PST by bkopto
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Remember when 0bama blurted out “my Muslim faith” in an interview with George Steponallofus?


116 posted on 12/22/2015 2:29:34 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Pshaw


117 posted on 12/22/2015 2:30:20 PM PST by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: sheik yerbouty
Twaddle! He is of TROP.

Nope.He was brought up that way but he's been atheist from many years.He *pretends* to be a Christian for obvious reasons and,like most Western atheists,he has a soft spot for the Religion of Pieces.

118 posted on 12/22/2015 2:30:56 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: Vigilanteman

I found it somewhere on the web.
I doctored it a bit to make it look more real and added the Trump 2016 to the bottom and placed a black frame around it.


119 posted on 12/22/2015 2:36:53 PM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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To: Bobalu

As Patton would say: “You, sir, are a f——— genius!”


120 posted on 12/22/2015 2:39:52 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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